Division 2 Collection and processing of ova, ovaries and other tissues, with the aim of producing in vitro derived embryosF1

The conditions set out in points 1.1 to 1.14 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the collection and processing of ova, ovaries and other tissues for use in in vitro fertilisation and/or in vitro culture. In addition, the following shall apply:

1. 2.1.

   The competent authority shall have knowledge of, and authority over, the holding(s) of origin of the donor animals.

2. 2.2.

   When ovaries and other tissues are collected at a slaughterhouse, either from individual animals or from batches of donors (batch collection), the slaughterhouse shall be officially approved in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 854/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption ^f1 and under the supervision of a veterinarian whose responsibility it is to ensure that ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections of potential donor animals are carried out and to certify them to be free of signs of the relevant contagious diseases transmissible to animals. The slaughterhouse shall, as regards susceptible species, be situated in an area in which there has been no outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease for the past 30 days within a 10 kilometre radius.

3. 2.3.

   Batches of ovaries shall not be brought into the processing laboratory until post-mortem inspection of donor animals is completed.

4. 2.4.

   Equipment for removal and transport of ovaries and other tissues shall be cleansed and disinfected or sterilised before use and exclusively used for these purposes.